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(No o el. I V A. PAPE. v HUNG AND AIR VENT-.

110131.081. Pat nt'edApnIO, 1888.

WITNESSES UNITED STATES ANTHONY RAPE, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, Assrcnon-To fos'ErHf P T FFICE MORWITZ, OF SAME PLACE. I

BUNG AND, AlR-VEN'I SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 381,081, diltQd April 10, 1888. v

i Application filed January 23,1888. Serial no. 261,596. (No model.) I r To all whom it. may concern;

Be it known that I, ANTHONY PAPE, a citi- V -zen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsyl- 5 Vania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bungs and Air-Vents, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of improvements in [O bungs and air-vents for barrels, &c., the same embodying means for firmly connecting the vent with the bung, and means for regulating the passage of air through the vent.

Figures 1 and 2 represent views of the outer 15 and inner faces of a bang and air-vent'embodying my invention. Fig. 3 represents a side elevation thereof. Fig.4represents'a'vertical section thereof. Fig. 5 represents a section of I bushing which is hollow and exteriorly threaded, so as tobe readily screwedto a barrel, cask, keg, &c.

B represents a hung which is fitted into the bushing A, and having on its lower portion radial lugs U, which are adapted to engage with spiralfacesD on the under side of thebushing A, it being noticed that the inner periphery of the bung is'vertically grooved, so as at E to permit thepassage of the lugs 0 through 1 the bushing, in order-to reach said spiral faces D. I

5 The bung B has a central bore with ascrewthreaded portion, in the lower part of which is located a detachable valve-seat, G, while in the upper part is located the valve F, which has in its sides the ducts or passages H, lead- 0 ing from the top to the bottom thereof,and the seat G has a central duct or opening, J.

A packing, K, is interposed between the shoulder at the base of. the valve-seat G and under the side of the bung B, and a packing,

45 L, is interposed between the head of the bung B and the shoulder M on the inner wall ofthe bushing. Suitable packing, a, is secured to the spiral faces D and tightenthereagainst, whereby the bungis clamped to the bushsame, the lugs O reach the groovesE, and the the under face of the valve'F, so as not to cover the lower end of the'du'cts H. a It will be seen th'attwhen tli bushingi is in positionon a barrel; cask, keg, &c.,the,bung

1B is inserted thereinto,-the-lugs. Q passing I through the grooves E, as has been stated.

lhe bung is now rotated and the lugs 0 leave the base of the grooves F1 and ride on ing. The :bung is closed in a reliable man-; ner by screwing the part F of the-valive against the part G, thereby closing the bore of the bung. p 7 When it is desired to admit airinto the barrel, cask, keg, &c., the upper part of the valve is rotated so as to be unscrewed,-and thejduct i J is thereby uncovered, so that air passes through the ducts H of the part F of thevalve,

and so reaches the duct J, from whence it" is v directed into the barrel. Theextent of air admitted-into the barrel,

&c., may be-adjusted by properly rotating the part'F of the valve, andthe admission of air is entirely preventedby properly screwing'the I l ,part Fof the valve against the part G, whereby the base of said part F closes the top. of the duct J,and connection between the barrel and the atmosphere thus ceases. t I

By rotating the bung B in the opposite di-j rection from that required fortightening the bung may then be withdrawn, leaving themterior of the bushing open. The bushing, bung, valve, and detachable seat are prefer; ably formed of cast metal.

. Having thus described my invention, what I claimas new, and desire tosecure vby Letters Patent,is

1. The metal bushing A, withfthe inner grooves, E, th e shoulder.M, and the spiral u-na der face, D, in combination with the bung B,"

t V e 9 shoulder bearing againstthe under. face of havingthe lugs O,the valve-seat G, with a bung B and havingthe central ductfJ," and the valve F, with aside duct, H, substantially as described.

2. Themetalbushing A, With inner grooves, and the packing a, secured to the under face E, and spiral under face, D, the bung B, with I of the said valve 1*, said parts being com- 10 an interiorly-threaded portion,the exteriorlybined substantially as and for the purpose screw-threaded valve-seat G, with shoulder set forth. 5 bearing against the under face of bung B and ANTHONY PAPE.

provided with central opening or duct, J, Witnesses: and the eXteriorly-screw-threaded valveF, hav- JOHN A. ,Wmnnnsnnm, ing side ducts, H, open at the top and bottom, A. P. JENNINGS. 

